lives due to gun violence in the United States. Gun violence is violence committed with the use of a gun (firearm or small arm). Gun violence first started when wars began‚ since then gun violence became a national issue. Gun laws has changed better over the years. Why is it important for the government to make gun laws stricter? I propose by banning guns in some communities and using a less harmful weapons such as using the baton first‚ followed by a taser can decrease the rate of gun violence that
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United States have stricter gun-control laws? Research from Dr. John Lott states that with a higher gun ownership rate come fewer mass shootings. From 1977 to 1999 right-to-carry laws decreased the frequency and severity of mass shootings. The terror attack in Orlando and the shooting that killed Christina Grimmie both occurred in gun-free zones. One of the main reasons murderers do that is because they don’t want to be stopped by an armed civilian. People say the gun-free zones will stop mass
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Stephanie Delgado English 60 Professor Weil 21 October 2016 Guns are Equal to Danger‚ Not Safety When we hear the word “gun”‚ what is the first thing that goes through our minds? Fear‚ bloodshed‚ self-defense? Guns are one of the strongest weapons that are often used for destruction‚ harm or death. In the other hand‚ many people think of them as safety and protection. It doesn’t matter in what way we think about guns because they are powerful tools‚ not just physically‚ but socially. As of today
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According to OSHA.gov‚ there are six steps to Nail Gun Safety which are: 1. Use the full sequential trigger 2. Provide Training 3. Establish nail gun work procedures 4. Provide personal protective equipment 5. Encourage reporting and discussion of injures and close calls 6. Provide first aid medical treatment In Step 1‚ it is said that the full sequential trigger is the safest trigger mechanism for the job and reduces the risk of unintentional nail discharge and a list of other
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possible solution to the problem. With that being said‚ gun laws should not be tightened on law abiding citizens because it would cause the United States to be a more thriving environment for criminals. It would also cause the government to have a control over the people like never before‚ going against what our forefathers tried to prevent. A government that controls the people with no way for the people to fight back. Many people would say‚ if gun laws were made more stiff‚ there would be less mass
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think guns should be used for protection well I do because what if someone broke into your house and you had nothing to defend yourself with‚ what would you do without a firearm. People normally use guns for collecting‚ recreational purposes‚ such as hunting‚ and militaries use firearms to protect themselves in war. I think we shouldn’t have gun control because citizens need guns to protect hem selves from criminals and danger. First of all‚ the crime rate would go down if citizens had guns. With
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un enthusiasts and gun lobbyists love to cite the 2nd amendment to the constitution as the catch-all defense to their right to carry any weapon that they can get their hands on (ex. assault rifles). In order to do this‚ these gun owners/sellers have hopelessly perverted the original intent of the 2nd Amendment and have expanded its guarantee of the right to “keep and bear arms” far beyond its original bounds. From its passage and until the late 20th century‚ the 2nd Amendment to the constitution
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after over a 200 year presence of guns in America‚ some are calling for a transformation of what our founding fathers set forth and signed in the year 1787. This can be attributed to the recent
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Owning guns is not our main concern. Sure‚ owning guns can be dangerous‚ but not owning guns denies people a sense of safety‚ and makes it seem like they can’t protect themselves. Also‚ “The Second Amendment of the US Constitution protects individual gun ownership”(Gun Control‚procon.org)‚ which means‚ if you take away our guns‚ then you are going against the United States Constitution. That is scarier of a thing than a shooting. Yes‚it would be scary right then‚ but going against the US Constitution
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Mason’s opinion; his claim is backed by examples of a disarmed population being enslaved by their government in the past. For example‚ in 1938‚ Hitler of the Nazi party made a law prohibiting Jews from keeping or bearing firearms. By taking the Jews’ guns‚ the Jews had no effective way to defend themselves from being killed or sent to concentration camps by the Nazis. Despite previous examples in the past‚ some people question the importance of having the ability to defend against the government. These
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